Package sizes and count limits

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Azure Artifacts is a highly scalable package management solution that enables developers to create, host, and share different types of packages. In this article, we will cover the size and count limits that developers should be aware of when using Azure Artifacts. Some of these limits are imposed by the client tools that Azure Artifacts integrates with (example nuget.exe).

Count limits

  • 5000 versions per package ID.
  • Unlimited package IDs per feed.
  • 20 upstreams per package type per feed.

Note

You can use retention policies to automatically delete older package versions.

Size limits

  • NuGet packages: limited to 500 MB per file.

  • Npm packages: limited to 500 MB per file.

  • Maven packages: limited to 500 MB per file.

  • Python packages: limited to 500 MB per file.

  • Universal Packages: up to 4 TB per file (Recommended for large binary files).

Note

Universal Packages are only available in Azure DevOps Services.